2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
# 2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2002–03 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

With Kaiserslautern in the relegation zone and eliminated from the Intertoto Cup, manager Andreas Brehme was sacked. After a brief caretaker spell under his assistant manager, Karl-Heinz Emig, former PSV Eindhoven manager Eric Gerets was recruited. Although the defense was improved, conceding only 3 goals more all season than in the championship season of 1998, the attacking record suffered and Kaiserslautern finished 14th, 4 points ahead of the relegation zone. However, the team did make a run to the final of the DFB-Pokal; despite a 3–1 defeat to double winners Bayern Munich, the team qualified again for the UEFA Cup.

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | GER | Georg Koch |
| 2 | DF | COD | Nzelo Hervé Lembi |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Bill Tchato |
| 4 | DF | SVN | Aleksander Knavs |
| 5 | DF | GER | Thomas Hengen |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Hany Ramzy |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Marian Hristov |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Grammozis |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Vratislav Lokvenc |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lincoln |
| 11 | FW | GER | Miroslav Klose |
| 12 | GK | GER | Tim Wiese |
| 13 | MF | SUI | Ciriaco Sforza |
| 14 | MF | GER | Selim Teber |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Nenad Bjelica |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Ratinho |
| 18 | MF | GER | Markus Anfang |
| 20 | DF | POL | Tomasz Kłos |
| 21 | FW | MLT | Michael Mifsud |
| 22 | FW | GER | Christian Timm |
| 23 | MF | GER | Thomas Riedl |
| 24 | DF | GER | Harry Koch |
| 26 | MF | GER | Torsten Reuter |
| 27 | MF | GER | Silvio Adzic |
| 28 | MF | GER | Stefan Malz |
| 29 | FW | GER | Danko Bošković |
| 30 | MF | GER | Mario Basler |
| 31 | GK | GER | Jens Kern |
| 32 | MF | POR | José Dominguez |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Petr Gabriel (on loan to Teplice) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 42 | |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 41 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 15 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 40 | |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 36 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
